3. research
Smell of a loaf of bread in the oven = comfort, homely,
(emotional value), these aspects can help to sell a house!
Egyptian bread is heavily subsidised so that the poor can buy it
very cheaply. It is politically valuable. Put the price up = social
unrest / keep the price down = costs the government billions
(financial)
Pieces of toast with images of Jesus / Mary have been sold for
a high price (religious value)
Value of Ancient Egyptian loaf of bread (artefact)
http://www.prosphora.org/page38.html both then and now!
Under a coat a French stick loaf of bread could look like a
shotgun and be used to hold up a bank!
During World War II in Holland there was the 'Hunger Winter'
when there was no bread. The Swedes air-dropped loaves of
white bread = Operation Manna.
Moldy bread on wounds = penicillin!
Bread soaks liquids and oil up.
Bread absorbs smells, salt, burnt taste (cabbage, soup, rice)
